RE: PDML Book 2010 - Sharpening

2010-02-23 Thread Bob W
We've had at least one image submitted that is oversharpened to the point of having halos, which makes the picture look like dog poop. That was the whole POINT of the Canine Fecal Study XXIV image I submitted. But surely you don't want your dog poop to have halos, do you? Only

Re: Digging out in Pittsburgh

2010-02-23 Thread Cotty
On 22/2/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: Ya know you ned tob e dfinnking a little bit to understsans it. but he drrank m ore writtin itt -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: Good News from Montreal

2010-02-23 Thread Cotty
On 22/2/10, Igor Roshchin, discombobulated, unleashed: there is a consistent jerk on my laptop Igor you shouldn't be too hard on yourself man. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: You have to try pretty hard to go wrong with a Pentax 50mm. Throwing down the gauntlet? Looks like the gloves are coming off. I admit only to being smitten. You pointing the finger at me? On the nail. Better be quick! Don't

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-23 Thread Cotty
You have to try pretty hard to go wrong with a Pentax 50mm. Throwing down the gauntlet? Looks like the gloves are coming off. I admit only to being smitten. You pointing the finger at me? On the nail. Better be quick! Don't be cuticle. I'm outta this joint. --

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread John Francis
Yep - they have known that for more than 20 years. That's why they haven't tried to compete with Canon Nikon for the top pro market. But they have found themselves a pretty good niche developing first-rate lenses, and camera bodies that sell reasonably well to the advanced amateurs (and

Re: It looks like Sigma announced some interesting looking lenses

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: So, on the one hand I'm expecting a very good lens, on the other hand I'm expecting to have my kidney to send over to BH. We'll see... We're sorry, the price is two kidneys. PLease find enclosed one lens hood. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Wanted: K-mount extension tube set

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
Darren, I have a set of 3 Panagors with one aperture lever - dunno if that suits your needs? Cheers Ecke 2010/2/22 CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com: Does anybody have an old set of automatic extension tubes, suitable for manual focus lenses? Brand doesn't matter too much. I've got a set of

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
You have to try pretty hard to go wrong with a Pentax 50mm. Throwing down the gauntlet? Looks like the gloves are coming off. I admit only to being smitten. You pointing the finger at me? On the nail. Better be quick! Don't be cuticle. I'm outta

Re: PDML book 2010: One week to go!

2010-02-23 Thread Mark Roberts
John Celio wrote: I think I've decided on my one submission for the book. I'm uncertain about the sharpening issue, though. I shoot raw, and so put a teeny bit more than Photoshop's default sharpening on the photo. If a submission is deemed too sharp by the editors, do we get a notification

tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Subash
hi, for my bicycle ride in the himalayas this summer, i need to keep the things i take to a bare essential minimum. as for the camera gear, since i can't afford to take multiple lenses, i was thinking of getting the sigma 17-70 (older version). but after a month of trying, it's just not available

[About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

2010-02-23 Thread Thibouille
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Samsung_K_mount_adapter_on_show_news_295199.html Last paragraph. ROTFL. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Tim Øsleby
I have the Pentax version of this lens. As far as I know they are almost identical. It is my all purpose lens. It is pretty good from 18-100, except from some rather heavy distortion in the widest end. From 100-150 and up it is a rather mediocre performer. But it is a lot better than not having

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Z
Subash wrote: what *is* available is the tamron 18-250. it looks like a very convenient travel lens but i would like to hear the opinion of people here who have used it before buying it. so, appreciate and welcome your inputs. i haven't used it, but

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Tim Øsleby
The 18-270 tested at DPR is not the same lens as the 18-250. My report was about the discontinued 18-250 -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/2/23 Z m...@mimirs-well.org: Subash wrote:  what *is* available is the tamron 18-250. it looks like a very convenient travel lens but

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Subash
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: I have the Pentax version of this lens. As far as I know they are almost identical. It is my all purpose lens. It is pretty good from 18-100, except from some rather heavy distortion in the widest end. thanks Tim.

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Subash
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Z m...@mimirs-well.org wrote: Subash wrote:  what *is* available is the tamron 18-250. it looks like a very convenient travel lens but i would like to hear the opinion of people here who have used it before buying it. so, appreciate and welcome your inputs.

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographiccomment :p

2010-02-23 Thread Dario Bonazza
Thibouille wrote: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Samsung_K_mount_adapter_on_show_news_295199.html Last paragraph. ROTFL. kids! Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-23 Thread David Savage
On 23 February 2010 17:43, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: You have to try pretty hard to go wrong with a Pentax 50mm. Throwing down the gauntlet? Looks like the gloves are coming off. I admit only to being smitten. You pointing the finger at me?

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 22, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Tom C wrote: Paul, Respectfully, if Pentax came out with a 21MP or 24MP digital body in FF similar to a Canon EOS 5D MKII or Nikon D3x in basic specifications, are you saying you would not find or suspect it to be a superior product to their current 14.6MP

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Tom C wrote: Hear that Pentax? No need to go higher, do RD, develop new products that keep up with the competition. Oh, you already knew that? Excuse me. But thanks for helping make that clear. However, further advances in APS will be welcome. Paul Tom

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
I often push around in my head the idea of a fully modular camera and so consider the Ricoh GXR a huge step in the right direction. I have tons of ideas, I think I should/will write to Pentax... 2010/2/23 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Tom C wrote: Hear

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Samsung_K_mount_adapter_on_show_news_295199.html Last paragraph. ROTFL. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45,

Re: PESO - Colorado National Monument

2010-02-23 Thread Derby Chang
Tom C wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10715804size=lg Lovely. I think your photo has outgrown the constraints of photo.net -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-23 Thread Derby Chang
David Savage wrote: On 23 February 2010 17:43, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: You have to try pretty hard to go wrong with a Pentax 50mm. Throwing down the gauntlet? Looks like the gloves are coming off. I admit

Re: Wanted: K-mount extension tube set

2010-02-23 Thread CheekyGeek
Good morning, Ecke! Thanks for responding to my ad. I'm not terribly familiar with brands of extension tubes, but your will let me do stop-down metering, correct? How much do you have to have for them? Darren Addy Kearney, NE On 2/23/10, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Darren, I have a

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
You have to try pretty hard to go wrong with a Pentax 50mm. Throwing down the gauntlet? Looks like the gloves are coming off. I admit only to being smitten. You pointing the finger at me?

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I often push around in my head the idea of a fully modular camera and so consider the Ricoh GXR a huge step in the right direction. I have tons of ideas, I think I should/will write to Pentax... Tell them to call it the LXD. 2010/2/23 paul

Re: PESO -- Egrit on the Wing

2010-02-23 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:54 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Another blown out big white bird a long way away... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20egretonthewing.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/w smc Pentax F 70-210mm f5.0~5.6 I like the framing. The only

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Tom C
I simply sense what appears to be a general dichotomy between words, actions and wishes (trichotomy?). :-) 1. There's the oft expressed wish for a better featured, higher end body however one defines it. 2. Many Pentax owners do indeed upgrade when new models comes out. 3. However when it's

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Samsung_K_mount_adapter_on_show_news_295199.html Last paragraph. ROTFL. Did Samsung just (re)invent the aperture ring? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Paul, Respectfully, if Pentax came out with a 21MP or 24MP digital body in FF similar to a Canon EOS 5D MKII or Nikon D3x in basic specifications, are you saying you would not find or suspect it to be a superior product to their current 14.6MP flagship?

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com: hi, for my bicycle ride in the himalayas this summer, i need to keep the things i take to a bare essential minimum. as for the camera gear, since i can't afford to take multiple lenses, i was thinking of getting the sigma 17-70 (older version). but after

Re: PDML book 2010: One week to go!

2010-02-23 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: No one gets the boot. But since sharpening is (or should be) a function of print size, and you don't know what the print size is going to be (hell, *we* don't know how big your photo will be presented yet), less

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Sandy Harris
On 2/23/10, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: When/if the 645D is released, Pentax will be showing that they also agree with this point of view. However, they could surely sell a lot more FF 35mm format DSLR's than they will sell 645D's. largely because of the widely available legacy glass.

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: I simply sense what appears to be a general dichotomy between words, actions and wishes (trichotomy?). :-) 1. There's the oft expressed wish for a better featured, higher end body however one defines it. 2. Many Pentax owners do indeed upgrade when new

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Tell them to call it the LXD. will do if you don't ask royalties =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

PESO - Drive-by Smiles

2010-02-23 Thread frank theriault
As I was shooting Vanessa in Kensington Market (see yesterday's PESO) I stepped back into the street so I could get her and her bike in a few shots. A car approaches (the streets in Kensington are very narrow and usually over-run by pedestrians, so cars have to take it slow and usually are pretty

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographiccomment :p

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Thibouille Subject: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographiccomment :p http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Samsung_K_mount_adapter_on_show_news_295199.html Last paragraph. ROTFL. Proof positive that if you really want

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
What gets lost in discussions of 135 format (what is incorrectly referred to as full frame) vs. APS-C is what are the real usability benefits. People get hung up on resolution numbers, like as if that is the most important thing in the world, or, like some idiot on PentaxForums, proved in a

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Paul, at home my computer screen has approximately the size of A4 paper (may be even slightly bigger) with a bit more on the sides. Thusly, if I open a landscape picture in LR to fit the screen, it actually looks pretty good. Yes, I know it is not equal to print, but this is not equal to

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Subash
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:28:47 +0100 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: nice to hear your trip preps are moving along =) yes indeed. thanks. [...] May I intersperse the question why you choose Tamron over Pentax? the pentax is not available here. it'll have to come from singapore through

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 22/02/2010 23:51, John Francis wrote: Don't know about Paul, but I cvertainly would. If I were shooting Nikon I wouldn't feel the need for a D3x; for Canon I wouldn't see any point in paying through the nose for a 1Ds Mark whatever. I buy cameras that will do the job I need, not because

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame On past evidence, professional photographers will buy and use precisely what their customers tell them to. I'm calling bullshit on this one Mike, though I did have a bride's father

Re: PESO - Drive-by Smiles

2010-02-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Delightful with the story Frank. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:39 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: As I was shooting Vanessa in Kensington Market (see yesterday's PESO) I stepped back into the street so I could get her and her bike in a few shots.  A car

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 23/02/2010 08:21, Tom C wrote: When/if the 645D is released, Pentax will be showing that they also agree with this point of view. However, they could surely sell a lot more FF 35mm format DSLR's than they will sell 645D's. largely because of the widely available legacy glass. Tom C. Tom,

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Tom C
Agreed. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Tom, the problem with this upgrade path is that of lenses. You cannot or wouldn't wanna mount FA 43 on 645 body. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographiccomment :p

2010-02-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Soon, if you want to be a brain surgeon, all you will have to get is a hockey stick. How are you boys taking the loss to Team USA? NBC was too stupid to broadcast it live. Oh the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat! Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread P N Stenquist
On Feb 23, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 23/02/2010 08:21, Tom C wrote: When/if the 645D is released, Pentax will be showing that they also agree with this point of view. However, they could surely sell a lot more FF 35mm format DSLR's than they will sell 645D's. largely

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Yes, Bill, I am with you on this one. My friend, who bought recently this Sony A850 had similar experience. He's been shooting with Minolta 7D for 4.5 years more or less on the same premise that he did not need anything more than that, and the camera itself is perfectly capable. But when, as

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Tom C
Well I've got a lot of FF Pentax legacy lenses that are high quality. Whether we can use APS-C factor lenses is not the point, although in camera crop is the obvious solution to that. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:06 AM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 23, 2010, at 8:57 AM,

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Tom C
In fact, that's the basis on which Pentax sold their first DSLR and all successive ones don't fail to remind us of the fact. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Well I've got a lot of FF Pentax legacy lenses that are high quality. Whether we can use APS-C factor

Re: Good News from Montreal

2010-02-23 Thread Thibouille
Excellent news. Btw, what about the truck ? On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Wendy reports that the dogs have been found. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographiccomment :p

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographiccomment :p Soon, if you want to be a brain surgeon, all you will have to get is a hockey stick. How are you boys taking the loss to Team USA? NBC was too stupid

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame Well I've got a lot of FF Pentax legacy lenses that are high quality. Whether we can use APS-C factor lenses is not the point, although in camera crop is the obvious solution to that. I believe

Re: Good News from Montreal

2010-02-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Feb 23 02:28:10 CST 2010 Cotty unleashed: On 22/2/10, Igor Roshchin, discombobulated, unleashed: there is a consistent jerk on my laptop Igor you shouldn't be too hard on yourself man. HAR! :-) ... but it only shows as: ___/\__ || (O) | -- ;-P) -- PDML

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread P N Stenquist
On Feb 23, 2010, at 9:35 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame Well I've got a lot of FF Pentax legacy lenses that are high quality. Whether we can use APS-C factor lenses is not the point, although in camera

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I have lots of time on my hands still being sick at home so feel free to ask for all the shots you need. Vodka no ice, please. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P N Stenquist Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame The 60-250 is the only DA* lens that reportedly covers 135 format, and it's said to be not as happy in the corners at that dimension. These lenses were obviously made for APS. Perhaps

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Vodka no ice, please. glad you had the good sense for no ice - by the time it gets there it would be thawed and dry ice ruins the taste of anything... plus I doubt you'd get on the EuroStar or a ferry for a shot ]=P However, you're welcome to stop

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame On past evidence, professional photographers will buy and use precisely what their customers tell them to. I'm calling bullshit on

Re: Good News from Montreal

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: On the original subject, - I am glad to hear the dogs were found safe. hound safe, you mean? =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame As, I think, is wedding photography very much the exception because the photographer meets joe public instead of some corporate geek. Wedding photography is very much the norm. There

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Did Samsung just (re)invent the aperture ring? no, the adaptor has a mechanical internal aperture simulator and the aperture blades come in two versions, cormorant beak and cormorant wing (extended) shape, for a sharper or a breezier bokeh

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Tom C
Talk about a niche outfit. They'd be the only APS-C is all we got DSLR manufacturer in the business. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame Well I've got a lot of

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:51 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: .  Buying a camera just because somebody has stuck a flagship label on it is ridiculous. Thats why i still shoot a 2.74mp camera. Does the job.;-) Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com

Re: Geso Wagg Road Snow Golf day

2010-02-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:29 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: That doesn't look like a golf club: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10714911 Fun set, Dave! cheers, frank Any thing goes Frank. Dave -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/2/10, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: As, I think, is wedding photography very much the exception because the photographer meets joe public instead of some corporate geek. Hmm - in a way the corporate geeks are worse - not only do they want value for money, they want it to look

Re: OT - my stuff on ebay - please look, pretty please. WITH THE LINK

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
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Re: PESO - Drive-by Smiles

2010-02-23 Thread David J Brooks
Love it Dave On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:39 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: As I was shooting Vanessa in Kensington Market (see yesterday's PESO) I stepped back into the street so I could get her and her bike in a few shots.  A car approaches (the streets in Kensington are

Re: Flash sync volt of K7 and K20D

2010-02-23 Thread 272yb
Thanks Paul and Toine for answers to this flash voltage question..Joe - Original Message - From: Toine to...@repiuk.nl To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:48:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Flash sync volt of K7 and K20D See

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 23, 2010, at 9:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame On past evidence, professional photographers will buy and use precisely what their

Re: PDML book 2010: One week to go!

2010-02-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:13 AM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: .  If a submission is deemed too sharp by the editors, do we get a notification or just get the boot? No, you just have to stay here on the PDML for an extra two years. Sort of like hell for photographers. vbg Dave John

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame I work for a wide range of clients, including ad agencies with big-dollar clients as well as numerous national and local newspapers and magazines. No one has ever requested a file

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Feb 23 08:46:48 CST 2010 eckinator wrote: 2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wilson at ntlworld.com: Vodka no ice, please. glad you had the good sense for no ice - by the time it gets there it would be thawed and dry ice ruins the taste of anything... plus I doubt you'd get on the EuroStar or

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: They pay the money. They can have me dressed in leopard skin if they want. I think something pink and frilly would be better. Perhaps Dave Savage can lend you something. :-) Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Drive-by Smiles

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: As I was shooting Vanessa in Kensington Market (see yesterday's PESO) I stepped back into the street so I could get her and her bike in a few shots.  A car approaches (the streets in Kensington are very narrow and usually over-run by

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Vodka no ice, please. glad you had the good sense for no ice - by the time it gets there it would be thawed and dry ice ruins the taste of anything... plus I doubt you'd get on the EuroStar or a

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 23, 2010, at 9:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame On past evidence,

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: If I'd known you were a connoiseur I would have specified Zubrowka.  Because I'm a tourist. Happen to like that one too =) Had a Russian style restaurant/bar 13/14 years ago with 30-some vodkas on the menue. some with made up changes to the

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: There is a joke describing what distinguishes a person belonging to Russian intelligentsia (aka elite intellectual - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligentsia ): an open bottle of vodka sitting in the freezer since the visit of a less intellectual

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Tom C
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Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 23/2/10, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: As, I think, is wedding photography very much the exception because the photographer meets joe public instead of some corporate geek. Hmm - in a way the corporate geeks are worse - not only do they

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Tue Feb 23 08:46:48 CST 2010 eckinator wrote: 2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wilson at ntlworld.com: Vodka no ice, please. glad you had the good sense for no ice - by the time it gets there it would be thawed and dry ice ruins the taste of

Re: YANPJ

2010-02-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Could be fun indeed. On 20/02/2010 09:08, frank theriault wrote: Yet Another Non-Paying Job. Still, it should be fun. The local bike mag in which I had a photo published last summer is getting their spring issue together (it published quarterly). One article is a sort of person-in-the-street

Re: OT - NASA WISE Spacecraft Images

2010-02-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 22/02/2010 19:26, Tom C wrote: If you follow this link there's some great images, mostly in non-visible wavelengths. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100217123426.htm This one, if the larger image link is clicked makes a stellar desktop wallpaper.

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Tom C
1TB drives on computers will become the minimum. Scanned .TIFS from 35mm film with the Minolta Dimage regularly run between 25 and 70MB. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:08 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Re: On FF but without

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Expressing that I'm not trying argue with you for the sake of it... :-) MARK!! LOL The 4/3 format has some intriguing aspects, but for me, given a limited monetary resource, I'd prefer to go with basic higher resolution/pixel

Re: PESO - Colorado National Monument

2010-02-23 Thread P. J. Alling
That's very nice. On 2/22/2010 10:03 AM, Tom C wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10715804size=lg -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the interface

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread P N Stenquist
On Feb 23, 2010, at 9:54 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame As, I think, is wedding photography very much the exception because the photographer meets joe public instead of some corporate geek.

Re: PESO - Drive-by Smiles

2010-02-23 Thread Jack Davis
Artificial or otherwise.(?) Playful motorist. ;) Jack --- On Tue, 2/23/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Drive-by Smiles To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 5:39 AM As

Re: OT - my stuff on ebay - please look, pretty please. WITH THE LINK

2010-02-23 Thread ann sanfedele
Hi eck I'm just up... and will be mailing other stuff today.. I'll get right back to you off list on price including shipping gotta look it up - so if it suits I'll mail it right away ann eckinator wrote: thanks ann, also can you give me a price incl shipment to germany for the image

OT - concert photography

2010-02-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks, Cotty! I just got it from the library yesterday (it came through interlibrary loan from Arizona - Interlibrary loans rule!). There are many fascinating shots in that book! Those of famous and not so famous musicians. My non-photography friends were also fascinated to see this book. I

Re: PESO - Drive-by Smiles

2010-02-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Story and pic are great! Nice one, Frank. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 5:39:00 AM, you wrote: ft As I was shooting Vanessa in Kensington Market (see yesterday's PESO) ft I stepped back into the street so I could get her and her bike in a ft few shots. A car approaches

PUG Submission requirements

2010-02-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Where can I find the submission requirements for the PUG? The last time I submitted an image, it was rejected as too large, and I didn't know whether that was a problem with the dimensions of the image, in pixels, of the size of the file, in bytes, or both. As a result, I probably compressed it

Re: OT - my stuff on ebay - please look, pretty please. WITH THE LINK

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
thanks ann and no hurry please, finish your OJ / coffee / tea / vodka / reefer first ]=) 2010/2/23 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Hi eck I'm just up... and will be mailing other stuff today.. I'll get right back to you off list on price including shipping gotta look it up - so if it suits

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 08:53:51AM -0500, Boris Liberman wrote: John, would you then not choose a Pentax camera a-la Nikon D3s or D700 with relatively few but very high quality full frame pixels? Boris Let's assume, for a moment, I'm a Nikon (or Canon) shooter. I certainly wouldn't buy a

Double Peso - stranger

2010-02-23 Thread Sasha Sobol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4380725241/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4380726621/ Critique and comments are very welcome --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PUG Submission requirements

2010-02-23 Thread Rick Womer
pug.komkon.org. Click on Submission Information. http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PUG Submission requirements To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday,

Re: Good News from Montreal

2010-02-23 Thread wendy beard
Thanks everyone for your concern. Thankfully, it wasn't my dogs, though I was in Montreal this weekend competing with them. It was the van belonging to a friend of mine who was returning from a flyball tournament also in Montreal with her and three other team-mates dogs. They had stopped at a

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